Garment hanger



Nov. 29, 1955 M. MQRDK|N 2,725,164

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 2, 1955 /6 INI/ENTOR.

/VM//AfL /70/90/6//1/ TTORNEY United States Patent O GARMENT HANGER Michael Mordkin, Columbia, N. J.

Application April 2, 1953, Serial No. 346,406

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-96) This invention relates to a garment hanger which has particular usefulness as an auxiliary display device.

Department stores and shops specializing in ready to Wear must expose their garments to the public in sutlicient number and variety to appeal to different preferences and tastes. The manner in which the articles are displayed is itself important from the standpoint of attractiveness and inducing purchases. An important feature in arranging an attractive display is that the means employed for exhibiting the clothes are themselves attractive. It has been found that plastic hangers make an elective and pleasing contribution in this respect. Their eye appeal is accepted by the most discerning customers and from a functional standpoint they are light and less apt to tear the suspended garments than hangers made from more conventional substances such as metal wire or wood.

In order to display properly such articles as womens skirts and mens pants, slidable clips are preferably provided in association with the hangers. The clips support the articles and are made laterally slidable to accommodate various size garments. However it was discovered in practice that to employ obvious expedients for attaching lthe clips to the plastic body of the hanger would result in showing nearly as much hanger as the garments on sale. It was therefore thought desirable to raise the height of the clips with respect to the hanger body so that their fulcrums were higher than or on substantially the same level as the top of the hanger body. The suspended garments would thus conceal the hanger except for the hook.

The problem has been to thus locate the clips with respect to the rest of the hanger without impairing its strength and durability for practical usage. Generallj. this invention contemplates that the clips are mounted on one end of metal rods an intermediate portion of which resides in a small channel atop the body portion of the hanger body and the opposite end being turned 90 with respect to the intermediate portion and buried in the body of the hanger.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which y Fig. 1 is an elevation of a hanger and skirt suspended therefrom;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the hanger construction embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings the numeral indicates a plastic body portion having arm sections il; and 12 and a central section 13 intermediate the arm sections. The body portion has considerable depth and so for the purpose of lightening the hanger rectangular recesses 16 and 17 are provided in each arm section. A conventional wire hook for supporting the hanger and the article of clothing depending therefrom is attached in the middle of the hanger body.

Shallow channels 20 and 21 are provided on the top of each of the arm sections and are adapted to receive and partially enclose the middle sections of the metal rods 22 and 24. The channels effectively maintain the longitudinal disposition of the intermediate and outer end sections of the rods with respect to the body portion 10 during normal usage. The rods are irmly anchored to the body portion by their inner end sections which are disposed at right angles to the intermediate sections of the rods and extend at least half the depth of the body portion. Preferably the inner ends of the rods are driven into the hanger after molding the plastic body portion. The rods may, of course, be combined with the hanger during the molding thereof.

The outer ends of the rods 22 and 24 project beyond the arm sections and clips 25 and Z6 are slidably mounted thereon. The clips are composed of two halves 27 and 28 which are pivotally mounted in transverse alignment on the rods. A spring 29 internally wound on the pivot axis of the clip urges the top portions of the two halves apart. When the clips are in use the top of the clothing practically conceals the rods and of course in so doing conceals the remainder of the hanger below the rod. The attention of the viewer is accordingly confined to the suspended article rather than the means for effecting the suspension and this objective is gained Without sacrificing the particular advantages of plastic hangers aforementioned.

It is understood that variations of detail can be made in the preferred construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A skirt hanger comprising a body portion having integrally connected arm and intermediate sections, said arm sections having shallow channels longitudinally disposed along the top edge thereof, a hook attached to the intermediate section of said body portion, metal rods held by the arm sections of said body portion, one end of each of said rods extending beyond the body portion, the middle section of each rod being supported in and partially enclosed by said shallow channels formed in the top edge of the respective arm sections, the other end of said rods being embedded in said body portion and angularly disposed to the remainder of the rod, and clips slidably mounted on the projecting ends. of the rods.

2. A skirt hanger as claimed in claim 1 in which the length of the ends of the rods within the body portion is at least 50% of the depth thereof, said ends being disposed at a right angle to the remainder of the rod.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,285,191 Hunster Nov. 19, 1918 1,447,083 Jonas Feb. 27, 1923 2,573,622 Stoneburner Oct. 20, 1951 

